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Title: The First Desire

Author: Nancy Reisman

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-06-04

Publisher: Books on Tape

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Told in a seamless wave of perspectives, the story documents the lives of the reliable and seemingly invulnerable Sadie, her over-sexed sister Jo, and their brother Irving, whose secrets, and fears, cause him to court disaster. Also, it's a story of the family patriarch, Abe Cohen, who immigrated to America from Russia with his wife and the 5-year-old Goldie. When Abe declares Goldie dead months after her disappearance, everyone is shocked. But then again, this is a man who during his wife's illness began an affair with another woman.

Critic Reviews:

"Reisman's first novel is mesmerizing." (Publishers Weekly)

"In luminous prose that showcases a cacophony of voices, Reisman exposes how our families can be 'the most familiar of strangers'." (Booklist)

"Shares an intoxicating lyricism with the work of Ann Patchett and Andrea Barrett....Lovely and heartbreaking....A striking new writer." (The New York Times)

Members Reviews:

excellent

what a great book. very pleased. the reader was just right for the book too.